Door handle ferrule inserter



Jan. 21, 1941. E. JOHNSON DOOR HANDLE FERRULE INSERTER Filed Jan. 4,1940 WM. M ZZ, m Ev. ,2 mi

Patented Jan. 21, 1941 UNITED stares iETENT' FFICE 2,229,571 DOOR HANDLEFERRULE INSERTER Elmer Johnson, Shelbyville, Ind. Application January 4,1940, Serial No. 312,333

Claims.

Handles for doors at the sides of automobiles and also to oarryalls andrumble seats at the rear are passed through holes in the material,usually sheet metal, from which the doors are made, and

5 these holes are lined with ferrules, limited in their insertion fromthe outside by a preformed bead or ilange. Direct contact of the ferruleand bead with the sheet metal is avoided by the introduction of liningof rubber or the like to prevent rattling, and the assembly is retainedin the door by forming tongues out of the wall of a suitably extendedend of the ferrule and by bending the tongues out and back into contactwith the metal sheet of the door.

These ferrules, by reason of the location of handles in exposedpositions-outside of the car, are frequently so damaged as to requirereplacement, and the object of this invention, primarily, is to providea hand tool by which the tongues in the new ferrule may be readilyformed and bent against the lnner side of the door to irmly clamp theferrule to the door.

A further object is to provide a tongue forming and crimping leverhaving a form'ng jaw adapted to cut and bend the tongues starting fromthe inner end .of the ferrule, or pierce the walls of the ferruleinwardly of the end outwardly of the ferrule and against the door,depending upon the length of the ferrule or distance between its outsidebead and member to be contacted by the tongues.

As the distance varies in cars of different manuiacture, another objectof my invention is to 35 provide an adjustable shoulder to contact theoutside bead on the ferrule at the right distance from the forming jawto cause the jaw to function properly in forming the tongues andclamping them to tightly attach the ferrule to the door.

I accomplish the above and other objects which will hereinafter appear,by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 isa top plan View of my handle :ferrule inserter;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same;

Fig. 3 is an end View looking at the forming jaw end of the tool;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 2, of the tool applied to aferrule covered with a dou- 0 ble beaded rubber to prevent rattling. Thedoor plate, ferrule and adjacent end of the tool handle being insection;

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation on the inside .of the door of a clampedferrule such as is being 5 clamped in Fig. 4;

ferrule I2 makes a tight lit I with and through the sleeve I I. Theferrule has a preformed bead I3 on its outer end bent out of thematerial of the ferrule, which contacts the adjacent end of the rubbersleeve II and its bead.

The inner end of the ferrule projects sufciently beyond the inner end ofthe sleeve to be formed into enough tongues I4 to clamp the ferrule tothe sheet 9 and flange I il through the inner bead on sleeve II.

The forming and clamping of the tongues I 4 25 Figs. l, 2 and 3, formingthe subject matter of this patent. This tool comprises a handle I5, hereshown as round in cross section, and knurled is screwed adjustablytoward or from the shoulder Il. The shoulder limits the movement of thecollar in the direction of the head.

Formed in the head the threaded portion and for a suitable distancealong the rest of the handle is a slot 1, 3 and 4, extendingdiametrically secured by a pivot pin 2|. lever extends suciently toinsure ample power for operating the opposite ja -end 22 of the lever.50

The jaw-end 22 of the lever 20 curves upwardly from pivot 2i. Its end isb'eveled at 23, from the curve to a chisel edge-2li at its inner curveand both sides 25 and 26 of the jaw are beveled toward and to the bevel23.

The long arm .of the The edge 24 and the 55 2 Y oblique edges of thebevels 25 and 26 at the inner curve of the jaw form cutters for makingthe tongues out of the ferrule by pressing the long arm of the lever 20toward the handle l5.

In the operation of my invention after the ferrule is assembled as shownand above described, the collar or nut I8 is so adjusted by means of thethreads that it will bear against the outer rib on ferrule l2 when thecutting jaw 22 is in right insertion to out a tongue in the projectingend of the ferrule and clamp it into position. This proper adjustment ofthe collar is readily learned by trial. The entire ferrule extensionneed not be tongued as shown in Fig. 5.

In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the door sheet 9 has no flange suchas ill in Fig. 4 and the ferrule extending further has the tonguespunched through the wall of the ferrule in from its end and bent intodirect contact with the door sheet.

While I have herein shown and described my invention in the best form asnow known to me, it is obvious that structural changes may be employedwithout departing rrom the spirit of the invention and I, therefore, donot desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations asmay be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

l. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handlehaving a cylindrical head for insertion in the ferrule, means forvarying the adapted to iit loosely in distance of the insertion, and alever operated jaw carried by the handle formed to out a tongue from theferrule and bend the tongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by themanipulation of the lever.

2. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handlehaving a cylindrical head the ferrule, adjustable from the ferrule andmeans to vary the insertion, and a lever pivoted to the handle having ajaw formed to cut a tongue from the ferrule and bend the tongue to clampthe ferrule to the door by the manipulation of the lever.

3. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handlehaving a head adapted to t loosely in the ferrule, a collar mounted onthe handle and.l adjustable longitudinally of the handle to regulate andvary the insertion of the head in the ierrule, and a lever operated jawkcarried by the handle formed to out a tongue from the ferrule and bendthe tongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by the manipulation of thelever.

4. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a handlehaving a head adapted to fit loosely in the ierrule and having screwthreads adjacent the head, a collar screwing on the threads of thehandle toregulate the insertion of `the head in the ferrule, and a leverpivoted to the handle having a jaw formed to cut a tongue bend thetongue to clamp the ferrule to the door by the manipulation of thelever.

5. In a tool for fastening a door handle ferrule to a door, a knurledhandle having a head adapted to t loosely in the ferrule and havingscrew threads adjacent the head, said head and handle having a slot, acollar screwing on the threads of the handle to regulate the insertionof the head in the ferrule, and a lever bent to enter the slot andpivoted therein, said lever having a jaw formed on its short endterminating with a metal cutting chisel and oblique side corners to cuta tongue from the ferrule and bend the tongue to clamp the ferrule tothe door by the manipulation of the lever.

ELMER JOHNSON.

